It’s been a looong time since I last rode my bike, mostly due to the High Holy Days throughout the month of October. Last week I rode my bike to synagogue once, but this week I decided I was getting back to the routine of using it every day, and so far so good.
This morning [...]
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Biking & Voting
November 4th, 2008
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High Tide
September 24th, 2008
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I’ve been noticing that the high tide has been a bit higher than usual for the past couple of weeks, figuring it has something to do with the various storms that have been around these parts lately. This afternoon I had to go out for a moment to the next island over (ah, the wonders [...]
Terminology Needed
September 18th, 2008
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I came across a post (thanks to Spokes ‘n’ Folks) made on the Copenhagen Cycle Chic blog entitled “Terminology Folly.” Go ahead and read it; it’s a good article and it holds a core truth.
Waltzing around the cycle blogosphere it seems odd that so much terminology has spawned regarding what is, in fact, a simple pursuit.
Is it a result [...]
Our Bikes
September 17th, 2008
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(Note: This information also appears as a page on Slow Bike Miami Beach.)
Over the years we both have owned a number of bikes, but these are the ones that we have right now, the ones we use to slow-bike our way around Miami Beach.
This is my bike, a Schwinn Legacy Cruiser from Target. I purposely [...]
Local Wildlife
September 16th, 2008
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One of the advantages of living in Miami Beach (especially over the suburb of Kendall where I used to live) is that you get to see a lot of local wildlife, especially of the marine kind. Since I walk every week to go to Synagogue, I get to see animals other people pay good money [...]
Back on the Bike!
September 13th, 2008
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Tonight my wife and I went out to the supermarket on our bikes. It is the first time she’s been on it since the accident and all went well. Awesome sauce for her, and brownie points to the folks at City Bikes in Aventura, FL, for fixing her bike like new.
Go By Bike Challenge
September 9th, 2008
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I’m in.
My pledge at this time consists of two trips to the grocery store a week (about 2 miles each way) and five trips to synagogue a week (just shy of a mile each way), for a total of about 18-20 miles covered by bike a week. It’s a start, and I hope to be [...]
Biking to Synagogue
September 7th, 2008
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I woke up early this morning (as in 6:45 am, after having gone to bed at around 3:30 am) so I could get ready for morning prayers. We are now doing some extra prayers called selichot in preparation for Rosh Hashanah and those are done before regular morning prayers; for today, that meant being [...]
Bicycle Accessory Hunting
August 31st, 2008
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We went out to do a couple of things today, and along the way we decided to stop by one of the dedicated cycle shops near my father-in-law’s house, in southern Miami. We went to Cycle World (on Bird Rd, for the locals), and found it to be a pretty nice shop overall, carrying a [...]
